Bible Encyclopedias
Archevite
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ar´ke -vı̄t ( Kethı̄bh , ארכּוי , 'arkāwēy ; Ḳerē , ארכּויא , 'arkewāyē' ): One of the tribes which Osnappar transplanted to swell the mixed multitudes in the cities of Samaria (Ezra 4:9 ). The Archevites were the inhabitants of Erech, one of the four cities originally founded by Nimrod in Babylonia. (For its modern site compare Loftus, Travels in Chaldea and Susiana , 162ff). Marquardt (Fund , 64ff) emends the text to read יא [ת ]כּוּ [ י ]דּ , dı̄ kūthāyē' , "who are Cuthaeans" (2 Kings 17:24 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Archevite'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/archevite.html. 1915.